Overview

Gavin S. Appleby advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters, from defending single-plaintiff and class action employment cases to offering advice on difficult employment issues and labor relations matters. He also has significant experience with:

HR and compliance audits

Union avoidance

Defending union campaigns

Arbitrations and mediations

Conducting investigations

Conducting pay equity analyses

Labor negotiations

Pre-employment testing

Equal employment opportunity laws

Affirmative action and diversity

The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act

The National Labor Relations Board

Brazilian laws

Whistleblowing laws

Gavin has significant knowledge of drug testing and sports anti-doping matters. He has tried cases in 20 different states and regularly appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Labor as well as many state agencies. A member of the professional tennis Anti-Doping Review Board and the Anti-Doping Review Board for international cricket, Gavin co-authored professional tennis' anti-doping rules and successfully defended sports federations in international drug hearings. He has also published numerous articles on employment and labor law issues, ranging from union avoidance to dealing with problem employees.

Gavin counsels clients in U. S. and foreign ethics matters, codes of conduct and codes of social responsibility. Additionally, he consults with employers on human resource practices, including:

Establishing ADR processes

Developing systems for providing better and more effective advice to managers

Instituting programs aimed at early resolution of employment problems

Renowned as an exemplary employment law and diversity trainer, Gavin is a featured training expert in employment law at the Institute for Applied Management and Law. He has developed legally-defensible diversity programs, created numerous interactive training programs and trained thousands of human resources professionals and operations managers across the country.

Gavin often works with clients in the following industries:

Manufacturing

Healthcare

Sports

Financial services

Retail

The chair of Corporate Audit Services, Gavin also serves as the chair of Littler Mendelson's diversity practices. Previously, he worked for other law firms and as Chief Employment and Litigation Counsel at a consumer paper products company. He served as an adjunct professor of labor law at Georgia State University School of Law.